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The Wingfoot Clan (Akron edition), Vol. 57, No. 30 (July 25, 1968)

07-25-1968 1

THE
Vol. 57
WINGFOOT CLAN
THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
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- Reorganize -
• Computer m
Operation m
A reorganization of per-sonnel
involved in computer
and wire communication op-erations
has been announced
by J. Robert Hicks, vice
president and comptroller.
The action takes place in
recognition of the increas-ing
importance of computers
and use of wire communication
between computers in the com-pany's
plants and offices. The
changes affect persons engaged
in programing, operating and
controlling these facilities, Hicks
said.
-Integration of worldwide
commercial computer operations
and wire communications," he
said, <twill enable Goodyear to
take maximum advantage of the
profit possibilities in the skillful
use of large sophisticated com-puters.
These facilities play a
large part in conducting com-pany
operations and providing
decision-aiding information for
management."
A department to be known as
Business Information Systems
has been formed from a group
formerly comprising the Inter-nal
Automation Systems Pro-ject.
This department will be man-aged
by Dennis W. Rich and
will consist of three sections:
Distribution Information to be
managed by John F. Denison,
Advanced Systems Deve16pment
to be managed by John C. Watts,
and Domestic Plants Computer
Systems and Data Processing
(Continued On Page 8)
Finances Reported
For Relief Group
During the first six months of
1968, The Goodyear Relief Asso-ciation
processed 26,326 claims,
with an expenditure of $541,893.
The organization had a net
worth of $1,490,196 as of June
30, 1968, with an enrollment un-der
the Basic and Supplemen-tary
Benefit Plans of 51,330, ac-cording
to. the board of trustees.
July 25, 1968, Akron, Ohio
May Save Lives By 1970
AKRON EDITION
No. 30
Company Researchers See
Artificial Heart Progress
A newly designed heart
of rubber may hasten the
day when an artificial organ
will be implanted in a human
being, medical researchers
say.
The new heart closely re-sembles
the human organ
in size and shape -and
thus can be completely en-closed
within the human
body. Previously fabricated
artificial hearts were too
large to permit this.
The streamlined heart,
the latest in a series of me-chanical
organs developed for
medical specialists by a Good-year
research team, is tougher
than, and half the size of, arti-ficial
hearts previously used in
experiments.
'•We believe we are close to
developing a heart sufficiently
durable for long-term implanta-tion
in the body,," .says Robert
M. Pierson, manager of synthe-tic
rubber research for Good-year.
Evaluation by artificial organs
research groups at Cleveland
Clinic and the University of
Utah supports Goodyear's be-lief
that the new heart appears
feasible for long-term use.
The Cleveland Clinic team
feels that such a heart has an
even more immediate and com-pelling
value in a substitute's
role.
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I. DR. YUKIHIKO NOSE
( pronounced Nozay), who
4' t heads the group, believes the
first implantation of a man-made
heart in a human will
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•, be on a short-term basis-to
' sustain life until the proper
human heart replacement is
available.
THE DRAMATIC DIFFERENCE in the size of an earlier artificial heart and the new stream- Because an external sou•ce of
lined organ is shown by James Wright, laboratory technician for Goodyear. The new mechanical air power is required to drive
heart, fabricated by Goodyear, closely resembles the human heart in size and shape. Unlike previously the hearts, patients would re-fabricated
artificial hearts, it can be completely enclosed within the body. (Continued On Page 8)
Company Pays Larger Dollar Awards; Fewer Suggestions Made
Goodyearites are suggesting less now but are
earning more at it.
Figures for the first six months of 1968 show that
928 people filed ideas for improving equipment,
working conditions or safety. This represents a drop
of about 10 per cent from the total recorded in the
first half of 1967, when 1,029 ideas were received by
the company's suggestion department.
A greater percentage of this year's ideas have
been adopted, according to R. A. Siebert, manager
of the suggestion department. He said 181 have
been adopted and the personnel involved received
a total of $13,660 in awards.
During the first half of 1967, 185 suggestions •
were adopted and the men behind the ideas shared
a total of $10,029.
This shows that. suggestions thus far in 1968 have
been worth an average of about $75 each,. while
during the same period in 1967 they were worth
about $55 each.
Siebert indicated that the number of suggestions
received in 1968 may top that of last year since •
the number of suggestions has picked up. during
July.
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THE
Vol. 57
WINGFOOT CLAN
THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
•1111111111111111lilli11111111111Ill1111111111111111111111111'lililili111111111111111111'Ill11111111113
EE --
- Reorganize -
• Computer m
Operation m
A reorganization of per-sonnel
involved in computer
and wire communication op-erations
has been announced
by J. Robert Hicks, vice
president and comptroller.
The action takes place in
recognition of the increas-ing
importance of computers
and use of wire communication
between computers in the com-pany's
plants and offices. The
changes affect persons engaged
in programing, operating and
controlling these facilities, Hicks
said.
-Integration of worldwide
commercial computer operations
and wire communications," he
said,